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Female Slave with a Plate of Fruit, ca. 1874

  • oil paint, canvas
  • 92.3 x 65.5 cm
  • Inv. 1874-C

Public Domain

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This work depicting a female slave with a plate of fruit by Jules Lefebvre was purchased at the Salon of Ghent in 1874. It is a prime example of the French art that was popular among art lovers in Ghent at that time. As a winner of the 'Prix de Rome’, Lefebvre gained notoriety in Paris in the 1860s as a painter of seductive women's portraits and erotic naked portraits with biblical and mythological references. He could compete with the likes of William Bouguereau. This painting is less provocative than some of his frontal nudes, but the exotic atmosphere and suggestive placement of the ripe fruits give this painting a distinct erotic character. Lefebvre was a lecturer at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts and was also linked to the Académie Julien, where he taught William Hart, Félix Vallotton and Fernand Khnopff, among others.

Artist

Jules Joseph Lefebvre RKD
Tournan 1836 - Paris 1911 - 1912
painters (artists)AAT

Title Female Slave with a Plate of Fruit
Date ca. 1874
Period 19th century
Location France TGN
Signatures, inscriptions, and markings signatures (names) top right: Jules LeFebvre
signatures (names) top left: Jules LeFebvre
Collection paintings AAT
Object type oil paintings (visual works) AAT
Inventory number 1874-C
Acquisition credit purchase
salon
Ghent
1874
Current whereabouts Work on display
Permalink https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1874-C
IIIF Manifest https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/196/manifest.json
Art & Architecture Thesaurus 300139140 genre pictures AAT
25H landscapes Iconclass
Keywords Iconclass 21D water (one of the four elements) Iconclass
25G4 plants and herbs Iconclass
25H113 (high) hill Iconclass
25H13 coast Iconclass
25H131 rocky coast Iconclass
25H23 sea (seascape) Iconclass
25H2311 wave Iconclass
25H2322 sea Iconclass
25H2323 gulf, bay Iconclass
31A2422 head turned to the right Iconclass
31A72 female sex; woman Iconclass
31D15 adult woman Iconclass
41C341 dish, plate, saucer Iconclass
41C653 fruit Iconclass
41C653(POMEGRANATE) fruit (POMEGRANATE) Iconclass
41D221(HEADSCARF) head-gear (HEADSCARF) Iconclass
41D266 ornaments, jewels Iconclass
41D2662 bracelet, wristlet Iconclass
42F341 waiting at table Iconclass
46A18 slavery; serfs and slaves Iconclass
School / Style historicism (theory) AAT
academicism AAT
Catalogus van het Museum van Schoone Kunsten Gent : II: Moderne Meesters / Georges Chabot, Fritz Van Loo. - Gent : Ad. Hoste, 1932 (p. 93)
200 jaar verzamelen : Collectieboek Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent / Arnout Balis, Robert Hoozee, Maximiliaan P.J. Martens, Paul Van Haute. - Gent : Ludion, 2000 (p. 270 (ill. 75))
Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent : Catalogus schilderkunst ; Deel I: 14de - 18de eeuw ; Deel II: 19de - 20ste eeuw / Robert Hoozee, Johan De Smet, Bruno Fornari, Ruth Monteyne. - Gent : Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent, 2007 (dl. II, p. 213 (ill.))
De vrienden rond het museum : Het Gentse kunstnetwerk in relatie tot de collectieuitbreiding van het Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent (1870-1914) / Julie Landuyt. - [s.l.] : [s.n.], [s.a.] (p. 91)
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